Weather stripping



Feb. 5', 1929.

J. H. RAYMOND WEATHER STRIPPING Filed Dec. 21, 1927 .lJH.R a mun-LE1 may be formed Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

UNITED STATES J'OSEPH H. RAYMOND, 01s WIGHITA, KANSAS.

WEATHER s'rmrrme. I

Application filed December 21,

This invention relates to weather stripping and one object of the invention is to provide weather stripping which may be easily applied to a closure, such as a hingedly mounted door or window and very effectively seal space between the closure and its frame or a companion closure. I

Another object of the invention is to cause a sealing strip forming part of the weather stripping to be firmly held in place with a portion projecting from the closure to which it is applied and permit the sealing strip to be adjusted so that it i will project from the closure a desired distance.

Another object of the invention is to provide weather stripping which will be of a simple construction and may be very easily applied to a door or other closure.

panying drawing, whereln a Figure 1 is a .view in elevation showing doors having the improved weather stripping applied to one of them;

Fig. 2 is a view looking at the free edge of The invention is illustrated in the accoma door provided with the improved weather stripping;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof the sealing strip forming part of the weather stripping, an

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a side strip forming part of the weather stripping.

The weather stripping constituting the subject-matter of this invention has been shown applied to a door 1 which together with a companion door 2 are hingedly mounted in a frame .3 by suitable hinges 4. The free side edges of the two spaced from each other, as shown in Fig. 3, that the doors may be easily opened or proved weather stripping is employed to close the space between the two doors in order to prevent air from passing between them. door 1 has a groove 5 formed in its free side edge face between bordering recesses 6 and seats 7 are formed in the walls of the groove 5 in suitably spaced relation to each other longitudinally thereof for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

The'sealing strip 8 of the weather stripping of felt, rubber or any other esufficient flexibility, disposed. between side formed of metal sired material having and this sealing strip is strips 9 which are preferably and are bent to provide doors are slightly" The 1927. Serial No. 241,611.

attaching flanges 1O which-proj ect transversely from opposite side faces of the sealing strip and are received in the recesses 6 with their outer faces flush with the free edge face of the door. Openings 11 are formed in the flanges 10 to receive screws 12 by me ans of which .the weather stripping is securely but releasably held in engagement with the door. There has also been provided openings 13 which are spaced from each other of the side strips, as shown in longitudinally to receive se- Fig. 5, and these openlngs are curing bolts 14: which also pass 15 formed in the sealing strip and opening through the inner edge face thereof. It will be readily seen that when the securing nuts 16vof the bolts are tightened the sealing strip will be firmly held in a set position between the side strips and that by loosening the nuts the sealing strip maybe adjusted until it projects from the side strips a desired distance and the nuts then again tightened. Therefore, after the weather strippinghas been in use for some time and becomes worn to such an extent that it does not properly contact with the free edge face of the door 2, it can be adjusted until it will again form a tight closure for doors. The recesses or seats 7 are provided through slots.

the space between the two so that theiheads of the bolts and their secur- I ing nuts may be received in these seat-s when the weather stripping is fitted into the groove 5 formed in the door. This not only permits the weather stripping to be easily inserted or removed but also permits the bolts to rest upon the lower walls of the seats and thereby the we1ght of the support the weather stripping in the groove v curing screws. 12. Since weather stripping is not they may be very easily place. I

Having claim: 1. A swinging closure hinged atone side and having its opposite free edge face formed with a longitudinally extending groove, the side walls of the groove being formed with opposed recesses opening through the said edge face of the closure, and weather stripping for removed or set in thus described the invention, I

saidiclosure comprising side strips of rigid material fitting against the walls of said groove and having side flanges fitting against the said side edge cured thereto, a sealing strip of pliable material disposed between said strips and proborne by the screws, 1

face of the closure and se-e jecting outwardly therefrom, and fasteners passed through the side strips and sealing strip with their ends seated in said recesses.

I 2. A swinging closure hinged at one side and havingits opposite free edge face formed with a longitudinally extending groove, the side walls of the groove being formed with opposed recesses opening through the said edge face of the closure, and weather stripping for said closure comprising side strips of rigid material fitting against the walls of said groove and having side flanges fitting against the said side edge face of the closure and secured thereto, a sealing strip of pliable material disposed between said stripsv and projecting outwardly therefrom, the inner portion of the sealing strip being formed with transversely extending slots opening through its inner edge face'and the side strips having openings registering with the slots, and securing bolts passed through the slots and open edge face of the closure,

ings to releasably secure the sealing strip in an adjusted position between the side strips and having their heads and nuts seatedin the recesses formed in the sidewalls of said groove.

3. A swinging closure hinged at one side and having its opposite free edge face formed with a longitudinally extending groove,' the side Walls of the groove beingformed with opposed recesses opening through the said and weather stripping for said closure comprising side strips of rigid material fitting, said groove, a; sealing strip of pliable material ifiolt against the walls of.

between said side strips, fasteners passed transversely through the side strips and seal- 4. Weather stripping comprising side strips of rigid material formed with alined openings and bent longitudinally to provide securing flanges, a sealing strip of pliable material disposed between said side strips and projecting outwardly therefrom and formed with slots leading from its inner edge face and disposed between the opening in the side strips, and securing bolts passed through the openings and slots of said strips to releasably retain the scaling strip clamped between the side strips in a set position.

5. Weather stripping comprising side strips of rigid material formed with alined openings spaced from each other longitudinally thereof, a. sealing strip of pliable material between said side strips and having transversely extending slots registering with the openings in the side strips and opening through theinner edge face of the sealing strip, and releasable fasteners passed through the openings and slots of said strips to releasably retain the sealing strip clamped b tween the side strips in a set position with portion projecting from between the side strips a predetemined distance.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

I JOSEPH n. RAYMOND. ML 

